Chapter 65: The King's Tent Assembly (7)
Turus beckoned them to sit down beside them, and everyone came forward one by one to salute and congratulate, Princess Xi Zhang smiled gently and thanked them, and the faces of the side concubines and Manna were very unnatural, and the smiling faces when they saluted and thanked seemed to be a little far-fetched.
At this point, the dinner finally had some harmonious atmosphere, Tules smiled, raised his hand and clapped three times, and after crisp applause, two teams of young and pretty maids came out of the back tent, and stepped on small steps with trays in their hands and quickly entered the tent, and put all kinds of tableware such as cups, plates, wine cups, knives and forks on the front table for everyone. The group of maids quickly retreated, and two more teams followed, bringing snacks, cakes, cheese, quiches, and milk tea, as well as some fruits such as pears, dates, persimmons, and grapes.
Bian Wu was already salivating over these rich fruits and pastries, his throat was swallowing hard, Zhuang Yi couldn't help but be a little amused when he saw him, but he didn't say anything. He had seen a lot of banquets and these things in this kind of scene, and he had no sense of it, only the two jugs of wine in the corner of the table.
The clay pot must be from the Central Plains, and there is nothing to look at.
The other pot of wine is a bit rare, the wine is reddish, it may be wine, it may be other wines, but it is served in a transparent crystal glass flask with a slender neck and a big belly, with a small spout, and a wooden cork.
Zhuang Yi couldn't help but pick up the crystal glass wine jug and take a closer look, the surface of the wine jug is very smooth, with uneven transparent flower and bird patterns, and there are no bubbles or impurities through the glass, which is no different from high-quality glass.
Glass is glass, in this era is very precious, it represents the advanced glass technology, to fire such a flower and bird pattern is not easy, this should be from the Western Regions, by no means Xi people can produce, from this point can also be seen, Tules attaches great importance to this banquet.
At this time, a crisp and melodious music sounded, attracting Zhuang Yi's attention.
I don't know when more than 20 male and female musicians came in the tent, one by one sat on the bunk, some people held piccolo, flute, tuxun, large and small sheng pipes and so on to adjust the rhythm, and some musicians embraced waist drums, large and small leather drums, clappers, zheng, large and small pipa, large and small five strings and other musical instruments, and began to perform collectively.
The music was melodious, but Zhuang Yi didn't know what kind of music he was making, and he asked Xie Ra to know that this is called loose music. He asked again what kind of music Sanle was, which caused the patriarch to roll his eyes for a while.
"You don't understand this, Datang has twelve harmony music, thirty-one songs, eighty-four tunes, this is a long story. They ridicule people only to play horizontal blowing music, drum music, and scattered music, and they also have certain specifications, which are the music made up when drinking banquets, singing and dancing, operas, and miscellaneous plays. For example, loose music is mainly based on musical instruments such as pipa and five-stringed music, and drum music and horizontal wind music are as the name suggests, so I won't talk about them. Zhang Yitai took over the conversation, smiled and stroked his long beard and explained.
"Drumming music is based on drums, and horizontal blowing music is based on flutes, right?" Zhuang Yi thought about it for a while, and then understood.
"The children can be taught...... I'll test you again! You see...... There is music and dance, guess what kind of dance will be later? Zhang Yitai laughed happily.
"How do I know that? Listening to this music, it won't be the kind of dance in the Central Plains anyway. The ancients are not good at this, music and dance are confused, often only the name of the song is recorded, but not the score, let alone the specific of the dance, only say that so-and-so music, dance a few people, this is depressing to think about it......"
"Hey...... Not bad! You have also heard some truths, and you have said so many ways, this Lian is also black-eyed, and he doesn't know much. Zhang Yitai couldn't help laughing.
The noisy music gradually stopped, and the cheerful and melodious music of the large and small leather drums and lutes sounded.
While the two were talking and laughing, they saw two teams of twelve young dancers entering from the back tent, all of them wearing peach-shaped crowns of white fox skin, red ribbons hanging from the back of the crown, golden round earrings with earlobes, and snow-white robe with narrow sleeves with large curved lapels, with beautiful circles on the curved collar and robes, and long yellow deerskin soft boots.
This kind of costume is the dress, which is influenced by the Shatuo people and the Hui people, and the Xi people improve it according to their own living customs and hobbies, showing a unique beauty.
Zhuang Yi carefully looked at this group of dancing girls, the figure of a woman leading the dance in front was very familiar, but it was Princess Ailan, she didn't know when she left the table and changed into clothes, wearing a golden peach-shaped crown with rolled eaves, black hair on both sides of the head with double sideburns, inserted gold carved moire gold hairpins to fix, and some phoenix-patterned gold ornaments hung down on the golden hairpins, shining in the light. Wearing a fiery red tight-fitting robe with a gold silk belt, he has a slender and toned body. The broad crown ornament, the bright and gorgeous robes, are more noble and elegant, and the delicate eyebrows and round face are even more beautiful and moving.
Zhuang Yi took advantage of no one's attention and gave her a thumbs up, indicating praise and encouragement. Princess Ailan's beautiful eyes have never left Zhuang Yi's body, and when she saw it, she couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, and her dancing posture was more light and agile.
After a while, the song ended, and after the dancers saluted, they won a cheer, and then waved their sleeves and retreated. At this time, the music gradually stopped, the sound of the pipa was inaudible, and the sound of the leather drum and the waist drum was rapid and bright.
But Princess Alan did not retreat, she suddenly smiled, and danced lightly to the sound of drums, her arms slightly spread, her wrists shook lightly, and her movements danced lightly. The sound of drums is getting more and more urgent, the knots are gradually speeding up, the long sleeves are shaking like the wind and snow, the toes of the feet are sometimes crossed, sometimes the feet are jumping and pedaling, the body is rotating rapidly, the long-sleeved ribbons are elegant, and the skirts are fluttering like fluffy grass flying in the wind.
The dancing posture is as light as floating clouds, the pretty face is like a blooming peony, and the flowing clouds and dancing sleeves convey infinite affection, Zhuang Yi unconsciously looked a little stupid. Suddenly, the drums changed from fast to slow until they stopped, Princess Ailan's posture stopped, and her long sleeves flicked to everyone Yingying, and thunderous cheers rang out in the big tent.
Seeing Princess Ailan retreating, Zhuang Yi came to his senses, and couldn't help but smile and asked Zhang Yitai: "Is this Hu Xuanwu?" It's an eye-opener! ”
"Exactly...... You are very blessed, such a vision can be opened every day in ......the future," Zhang Yitai laughed and teased softly.
"Hey...... You old slippery head! Zhuang Yi laughed.
When the song and dance dispersed, Turus waved his hand to let the servants gather the food and drink, and called an old man in the tent to him, and after the two of them muttered quietly, the old man stood up, bowed to everyone, and said with a smile: "Everyone! A certain Yuda, who is the elder of the Ahui minister, has always presided over the tribal etiquette, today Princess Ailan is engaged, and King Xi is entrusted to a certain person to handle it, it is really an honor, I don't know where the male matchmaker is? ”